# Dow and UPM partner to produce bio-based polyethylene from renewable naphtha

Dow and UPM Biofuels announced the commercialization of a packaging plastics offering made from UPM BioVerno renewable naphtha, which Dow will use to produce bio-based polyethylene at its Terneuzen plant in the Netherlands.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2019-09-01
- Where: Terneuzen, Netherlands
- Status: announced
- Products: bio-based polyethylene, renewable naphtha feedstock, packaging plastics
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Dow](https://endata.com/companies/2996.md) (partner)
- [UPM](https://endata.com/companies/5469.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [upmbiofuels.com](https://www.upmbiofuels.com/whats-new/news/2019/09/dow-and-upm-partner-to-produce-plastics-made-with-renewable-feedstock/), 2019-09-01: "Dow is using this feedstock to produce bio-based polyethylene (PE) at its production facility in Terneuzen, The Netherlands"

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